Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-06
ASYLUM INVESTIGATION.
The Board Of Managers Of the Austin
Asylum Continue the Investigation
as 10 Its Management,
4 6oGd Deal Of Testimony offered 10
SHOW That DIR. D3rsptt is Not pop.
ulSr With His 8ubordinntss,
One Of the Female Ward ATTENDANTS Says
the Doctor Visited Patients When
His Head WIS Not Clear
Special to the Gazette.

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His Head WIS Not Clear
Special to the Gazette
AUSTIN, lex, Sept. 5.-Tle Board Of
Managers OF the Insane Asylum met
again this morning to continue the inyes-
tigation OF the charges eg.inst DR.. Dor
sett. It was O'Clock when the Board
wss called to order. All the members
were present, and both relator and re-
spondent VITA their counsel. The exam
nation was opened with the re. introduc-
ton OF John F. MARSHALL, who was on
the stanl Friday.
M2rshal's examination: | know L. X.
Wilson. He was policeman. His duty
Vas 10 see that the back y&rk was kept
cleaned out, the sewers kept open, the
basement scrubbed, food put on
the table, etc. discharged
these duties, however, except when
was sent away with patients. l drew
pay when l discharged these duties.
wilson helped me occasionally. | saw
MIN around the place sometimes. 1 CON
slider that [ discharged the duties of
policeman. Wilson told me he was
policeman. | know Professor Nelson.
Mr.. Wilson never discharged the duties
OF scaVenger. Professor Nelson did some
writing IN the office. | don't know of
mis- doing anything else. He never dis
charged any duties Of policeman. l see
| that Campbell, whom / took TO
Bremond, IS back here. I recollect
8 Miss Bennett who was taken TO Bre-
mond and who acted on the way as if she
was crazy. The lady | took to Washing
ten county was Miss BiassChhe Miss
kinIey was another l took home. She
was marked on the discharge az Miss
PendletOn. Size was the craZiest of the
lot, carried her to Taylor | don't
know except what l was told and saw,
what Wilson'S employment was. He told
me he was employed as policeman. Will
son was here when | left. | Judge
of the condition of these patients
by their actions, and l have
been with crazy people long enough to
know & crazy person when l see one. The
woman | took to Taylor was turned over
to me under the name OF Pendleton, and
when | got to Taylor no one knew her by
that name and her name was found TO be
Kennedy.
The pay rolls were introduced to show
that j. V. Johnson was carried on the
time book for the month OF August as as
sistent cook at $50 month,
end es scavepger at slGG month
for June and July. Mr. Wilson was
marked in the same capacity. The pay
rolls we're introduced to snow that the
Comptroller had refused to approve the
roll for two salaries to Professor Nelson.
Mr pyJ1I hot 10 haI
approved for all but the SlGG pay to
Wilson performed double duties and
drew the two pays and that Nelson was
| now doing the duty of policeman and of
| scavenger. The pay roll on Saturday was
the only one refused. Wilson and Mel
son occupied exactly the same position.
DR.. Davis reintrOduCed | have heard
from attendents in the wards that DR.
Dorset has spoken disrespectiully of me
Asthe witness was proceeding Colonel
Robertson made an objection and Mr.
fWooten stated that DR.. Davis had vol
unfairly come to him and said he wanted
to make full breast Of all he knew.
The witness, after q lively discussion
between Mr.. Archer and Mr.. Wooten, re-
sumed his testimony and gave the names
Of number Of witnesses who communi-
cased to him statements of what DR..
Dorset had said concerning him. The
witness, as an instance Of Dorsett's
rough manner toward him, stated
that while in the city
upon one occasion he met the superin-
tendent of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum,
who invited him to dinner, aud through
him sent invitations to Drs. Dorset and
Preston to attend. He delivered the in
vtations and st the same time asked DR..
| Dorsett for permission to attend, which
was very cheerfully granted. lie accord
ingly made preparations to go TO the din
ner and did so. When he arrived he was
welcomed by the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
| officials, but DR.. Dorsett came out in the
hall and eXcitedly and roughly asked
"What are you doing here?" lie
replied that he was there py
his permission. "Wel, now you are
here you may stay, but FL have to 90
back TO the asylum" The witness told
him that he need do nothing Of the kind
he would return himself. This Dorset
would not have and afterwards treated
MIN very politely. Dorset said he did
not know fifteen minutes beforehand thai
he Was going to sttend and would not
have done so then if he had not been tele
phoned for. Besides, he said, it is din
ner for heads of department only any
way. Another instance OF roughnes!
cited by DR.. Davis wss when hi!
wife was going to visit friends at thu
manor she gathered bouquet Of flowers
and asked the gardeners permission t
Gull some. While his daughter was gath
ering them Dorset called to her from hi!
room IN harsh tone and ordered her K
put them down. He afterward apollo
gized for this, saying he did not know i
was DR.. Davis daughter, but she wa:
dressed as ordinarily and was in no wis
disguised. A third instance was when hi
sen was going to town in s wagon witt
Mr.. Perry, DR.. Dorset made him get out
saying be did not want any coons ridin!
in that wagon.
DR.. Davis repeated his former testi
mony about the furniture and testified t
repeated requests and finally request o
the board, which ordered it to be sup
piled, and then DR.. Dorset put in Yer
good bed and bureau. Another instance
81 asked for more shelving in the dru
store. Dorset said | was paying NOR
attention to that drug store than to N
, patients. At times he is courteous to me
! at others be is not, ! have heard Dor